Parenting can be tough. So can being a kid.
The Children's Resource Center, Bowling Green, is offering three sessions of The Incredible Years training beginning in March. You can choose to attend sessions in either Bowling Green, Perrysburg, or North Baltimore.
At the Incredible Years parent training, parents of children ages 3 to 8 will learn how to:
Increase children's self-esteem and self-confidence. Strengthen children's social skills Discipline effectively Boost academic success.
The 12-week classes will be held each Wednesday beginning March 23, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Jordan Family Center, 812 N. College Drive, Bowling Green. To register for this session, contact Kristin Nagel or Cindy Eckel at Children's Resource Center by March 16, at (419) 352-7588 or 1-888-466-KIDS.
A second option is to attend the class at the Owens Community College Childcare Center, located at 30335 Oregon Road, Perrysburg. That 12-week session will be held on Thursdays, beginning at 5:30. To register for this session, call Deb Goldberg or Bonnie McCourt at Children's Resource Center by March 17 at (419) 352-7588 or 1-888-466-KIDS.
Alternatively, you can register for the session that will be held at Church of the Good Shepherd, 119 W Broadway, North Baltimore. That 12-week session will be held each Monday beginning March 28, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Register for this session by March 18 by calling Angie Patchen at Children's Resource Center at (419) 352-7588 or 1-888-466-KIDS.
Classes are low-cost and space is limited. Child care is available. Light meals will be provided each week.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
ADAPAO Medical Marijuana Position Paper Online
The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Association of Ohio has issued a position paper regarding medical marijuana. You can read the paper about this hot topic here.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
The Incredible Years class offered
Parenting can be tough. So can being a kid.
The Children's Resource Center, Bowling Green, is offering two sessions of The Incredible Years training beginning in February. You can choose to attend sessions in either North Baltimore or Rossford.
At the Incredible Years parent training, parents of children ages 3 to 8 will learn how to:
Increase children's self-esteem and self-confidence. Strengthen children's social skills Discipline effectively Boost academic success The 12-week classes will be held each Wednesday beginning Feb. 9, from 1:00 to 3 p.m. at Rossford WSOS/Rossford United Methodist Church, located at 270 Dixie Highway, Rossford. To register for this session, contact Bonnie McCourt or Cindy Eckel at Children's Resource Center by Feb. 3 at (419) 352-7588 or 1-888-466-KIDS.
Alternatively, you can register for the session that will be held at Church of the Good Shepherd, 119 W Broadway, North Baltimore. That 12-week session will be held each Tuesday beginning Feb. 22, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Register for this session by Feb. 11 by calling Angie Patchen at Children's Resource Center at (419) 352-7588 or 1-888-466-KIDS.
Classes are low-cost and space is limited. Child care is available. Light meals will be provided each week.
The Children's Resource Center, Bowling Green, is offering two sessions of The Incredible Years training beginning in February. You can choose to attend sessions in either North Baltimore or Rossford.
At the Incredible Years parent training, parents of children ages 3 to 8 will learn how to:
Increase children's self-esteem and self-confidence. Strengthen children's social skills Discipline effectively Boost academic success The 12-week classes will be held each Wednesday beginning Feb. 9, from 1:00 to 3 p.m. at Rossford WSOS/Rossford United Methodist Church, located at 270 Dixie Highway, Rossford. To register for this session, contact Bonnie McCourt or Cindy Eckel at Children's Resource Center by Feb. 3 at (419) 352-7588 or 1-888-466-KIDS.
Alternatively, you can register for the session that will be held at Church of the Good Shepherd, 119 W Broadway, North Baltimore. That 12-week session will be held each Tuesday beginning Feb. 22, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Register for this session by Feb. 11 by calling Angie Patchen at Children's Resource Center at (419) 352-7588 or 1-888-466-KIDS.
Classes are low-cost and space is limited. Child care is available. Light meals will be provided each week.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Class helps parents in effort of Guiding Good Choices
Are you concerned that when your child goes to middle school, he or she will be overwhelmed and not make wise decisions? If so, the Guiding Good Choices® workshop is for you.
Guiding Good Choices® is an interactive five-week program for all parents of children in grades 4 through 8. In a lively and open atmosphere, parents will learn specific strategies to help their children avoid adolescent problem behaviors and develop into healthy adults. Parents will learn to set clear family guidelines, as well as practice skills to strengthen family bonds, help their children develop healthy behaviors and promote children’s responsibilities in the family.
The program is being offered by the Wood County Educational Service Center, through the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative.
Research demonstrates that children who have strong relationships with their parents develop better social and emotional competencies. These skills, in turn, help them succeed in school and make healthier life choices.
The program points out that one of the key elements to building a strong, supportive family unit is to establish firm boundaries and expectations for children. Guiding Good Choices® encourages parents to set clear guidelines for their children in order to develop healthy beliefs and standards. This foundation will, in turn, provide children with the ability to refuse and resist when confronted with potential problem behaviors. You might say it provides the “hand rails for life’s slippery slopes.”
Three different sessions will begin in January:
• Every Thursday beginning Jan. 13, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Indian Hills Elementary School in Rossford.
• Every Tuesday beginning Jan. 18, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at North Baltimore Public Library.
• Every Monday beginning Jan. 24, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Lake Elementary School.
The workshops are free for attending parents. Light refreshments, child care, and door prizes will be provided each week.
For more information, contact Greg Bonnell at (419) 354-9010, ext. 228.
Guiding Good Choices® is an interactive five-week program for all parents of children in grades 4 through 8. In a lively and open atmosphere, parents will learn specific strategies to help their children avoid adolescent problem behaviors and develop into healthy adults. Parents will learn to set clear family guidelines, as well as practice skills to strengthen family bonds, help their children develop healthy behaviors and promote children’s responsibilities in the family.
The program is being offered by the Wood County Educational Service Center, through the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative.
Research demonstrates that children who have strong relationships with their parents develop better social and emotional competencies. These skills, in turn, help them succeed in school and make healthier life choices.
The program points out that one of the key elements to building a strong, supportive family unit is to establish firm boundaries and expectations for children. Guiding Good Choices® encourages parents to set clear guidelines for their children in order to develop healthy beliefs and standards. This foundation will, in turn, provide children with the ability to refuse and resist when confronted with potential problem behaviors. You might say it provides the “hand rails for life’s slippery slopes.”
Three different sessions will begin in January:
• Every Thursday beginning Jan. 13, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Indian Hills Elementary School in Rossford.
• Every Tuesday beginning Jan. 18, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at North Baltimore Public Library.
• Every Monday beginning Jan. 24, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Lake Elementary School.
The workshops are free for attending parents. Light refreshments, child care, and door prizes will be provided each week.
For more information, contact Greg Bonnell at (419) 354-9010, ext. 228.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Parent Project starts January 11
Parenting is a difficult job, and there is no instruction manual. The Parent Project was designed to connect the love and care parents have for their teens with the skills and support necessary to navigate the job of parenting.
As a participant in the 8-week Parent Project® class offered by the Wood County Educational Service Center, you can expect to learn effective communication strategies and other helpful parenting skills. Additionally this series will include important information regarding adolescent depression, alcohol and other drug use and the influence of music and media on today’s youth.
Many parents attending Parent Project® have had difficulty identifying appropriate limits and enforcing consequences consistently. Parents who attend the Parent Project® are more likely to see their child’s attendance at school improve, and to require less school-based disciplinary resources as parents find powerful interventions at home with which to bring about change in their children. The motto of the Parent Project® is “Parents are the answer … when they have the tools they need.”
Presented in an educational format, parents are trained for a low fee of $20, which covers the cost of the accompanying 180-page workbook. If the entire course is completed and the parent has attended all of the required sessions, the $20 fee will be refunded. A class for teens also is offered at no additional charge.
The next session will be held Tuesday evenings from January 11 through March 1, at Rossford High School. The first class will begin at 5:30 p.m. The remainder of the classes begin at 6 p.m.
For more information or to register, contact Lorrie Lewandowski, Wood County Educational Service Center, 1867 N. Research Dr., Bowling Green, OH, 43402. Phone: 419-354-9010, ext. 113. E-mail: llewandowski@wcesc.org.
You also can find more information and register by visiting www.parentproject.com and click on “find a class in your area” in the top right-hand corner.
The local Parent Project program was featured in a radio news segment that was broadcast Jan. 27, 2010 on the Morning Show hosted by Dave Horger on WBGU 88.1 FM. Listen to the segment on BG Gizmo by clicking here.
Registration will be limited to the first 30 people responding.
As a participant in the 8-week Parent Project® class offered by the Wood County Educational Service Center, you can expect to learn effective communication strategies and other helpful parenting skills. Additionally this series will include important information regarding adolescent depression, alcohol and other drug use and the influence of music and media on today’s youth.
Many parents attending Parent Project® have had difficulty identifying appropriate limits and enforcing consequences consistently. Parents who attend the Parent Project® are more likely to see their child’s attendance at school improve, and to require less school-based disciplinary resources as parents find powerful interventions at home with which to bring about change in their children. The motto of the Parent Project® is “Parents are the answer … when they have the tools they need.”
Presented in an educational format, parents are trained for a low fee of $20, which covers the cost of the accompanying 180-page workbook. If the entire course is completed and the parent has attended all of the required sessions, the $20 fee will be refunded. A class for teens also is offered at no additional charge.
The next session will be held Tuesday evenings from January 11 through March 1, at Rossford High School. The first class will begin at 5:30 p.m. The remainder of the classes begin at 6 p.m.
For more information or to register, contact Lorrie Lewandowski, Wood County Educational Service Center, 1867 N. Research Dr., Bowling Green, OH, 43402. Phone: 419-354-9010, ext. 113. E-mail: llewandowski@wcesc.org.
You also can find more information and register by visiting www.parentproject.com and click on “find a class in your area” in the top right-hand corner.
The local Parent Project program was featured in a radio news segment that was broadcast Jan. 27, 2010 on the Morning Show hosted by Dave Horger on WBGU 88.1 FM. Listen to the segment on BG Gizmo by clicking here.
Registration will be limited to the first 30 people responding.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Middle School students work to ‘Be the Change’
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| Be the Change team members who helped organize the food drive and other Be the Change Week activities (left to right) Sara Caris, Sophia Klingbeil, Caroline Battin, Liz Stetler, and Paige Ireland, all in 8th grade. They appear with food collected at the dance and throughout the week in school, in front of the “Acts of Change wall at Otsego Jr. High School. Additional photos of the dance can be found here. |
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| On-site prevention specialist Michelle Von Lehmden collects canned food from students entering the Be the Change dance at Otsego Middle School Friday. |
In October, Otsego School District eighth graders participated in Challenge Day.
Challenge Day encourages students to pay attention to what they do and say to people and helps them to recognize that everyone has to take care of each other…everyone has to Be the Change that they want to see in the world.
Following Challenge Day, the Otsego School District celebrated Red Ribbon week Oct. 25-29, and coupled it with “Be the Change Week.” Be the Change Week is a way to continue the spirit of Challenge Day, by asking everyone in the school to do something to make a difference in their community, in their school, or in someone’s life.
To celebrate their work, they held a dance that continued the Be the Change movement. Students had the option to pay a $2 entry fee, or pay $1 and bring in a non-perishable food item to be donated to the Otsego Food Pantry.
The Otsego Food Pantry is housed at the First Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids, but “we are supported by all of the churches in the Otsego School District, along with numerous businesses and organizations,” said Lisa Hatfield, co-coordinator for the Otsego Food Pantry.
The Otsego Food Pantry serves anyone who lives in the Otsego School District and “surrounding edges,” who has a “stated need” for assistance.
For assistance, or to make a donation, call the Otsego Food Pantry at 419-832-4214.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Evolution of Dance defines The New Cool
“The majority of things in your life are there because of the choices you make.”
This was the message inspirational comedian Judson Laipply brought to students throughout Wood County as part of this week’s Red Ribbon Week celebration.
Laipply, who earned notoriety through the viral YouTube sensation The Evolution of Dance, told students in the Rossford and North Baltimore school districts on Tuesday that when they are asked, no young child answers that they dream of being addicted to drugs. All of the small choices they make as they experience life, however, influence whether each person will attain the goal or if their life will take another direction.
Laipply’s message that “Life is Change” and that you are the master of your own destiny speaks to the heart of the Wood County Educational Service Center’s “The New Cool” campaign: Just because other people tell you that the only way to be cool is to drink, it’s just not true. Being cool has a lot more to do with who you are, what you do and how you think, than with what you drink.
He illustrates his message with a performance of the Evolution of Dance, a high-energy, entertaining act that shows how dancing trends have changed through the years. The Evolution of Dance was the most-watched video on YouTube in 2007. Today, it remains in the top five. It has earned him guest appearances on Oprah, Ellen, The Today Show, and America’s Got Talent.
Laipply, who was introduced to the student body in North Baltimore by Teen Institute members Tessa Reinman, Madison Fitzgerald, Ashley Baisden, Ashley Quantic, and Cody Switzer, also spoke this week at Perrysburg Junior High School, Otsego High School, Eastwood High School and at the Elmwood Community Center.
His performance was funded by the Wood County Educational Service Center through the Reducing Alcohol Abuse in Secondary Students (RAASS) grant.
For more photos of Judson's visit to North Baltimore, visit
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